Jamb Literature in English 1986 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 1986

A poem of mourning and dedicated written on the death of an individual is called

A. Am elegy
B. An eulogy
C. A sonnet
D. An ode.

Question 42:

• JAMB 1986

A poem written on a grand theme, in an appropriately grand style, dealing with heroic figures is called

A. A soliloquy
B. A tragi-comedy
C. An epic
D. An epigram.

Question 43:

• JAMB 1986

Characterization in a novel means the

A. List of characters featuring in it
B. Mode of presenting the fictional individuals
C. Peculiar mannerisms of the narrator
D. Resolution of the conflict between the characters.

Question 44:

• JAMB 1986

'' It was dawn, and the windows were dark except for the Workmen cafes. The sky was like a avast flat wall of cobalt, with roofs and spires of black paper pasted upon it. Drowsy men were sweeping the pavements with ten-foot brooms, and ragged families picking over the dustbins. Workmen and girls with piece of chocolate in one hand and bread in the other were pouring into the railway station.'
The picture presented above is one of

A. Poverty in urban areas
B. Monotony of the town life
C. Landscape at sunrise
D. Sordid industrial town.

Question 45:

• JAMB 1986

Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense is starkest madness.
'This the majority
In this, as all, prevails.
Assent, and you are sane;
Demur,-you're straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.
This poem reflects the

A. Tyranny of the majority
B. Approval of the majority factor
C. Unhappiness that might is right
D. Great love for mad poeple.